MCQ On General Agriculture - 6

 

1. The net cultivated area in India is
   (A) 150 mha (B) 143 mha (C) 180 mha (D) 328 mha
   Answer: (B) 143 mha

2. The Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre is located at
   (A) Karnal (B) USA (C) Philippines (D) Mexico
   Answer: (D) Mexico

3. In cereals, grain starch consists of
   (A) Amylopectin (B) Amylase (C) Both a and b (D) Galactose
   Answer: (C) Both a and b

4. The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme was started in
   (A) 1999–2000 (B) 2002–2003 (C) 2003–2004 (D) 2001–2002
   Answer: (A) 1999–2000

5. Loose smut disease of wheat is a/an
   (A) Air-borne (B) Soil-borne (C) Water-borne (D) Seed-borne
   Answer: (D) Seed-borne

6. Flavr Savr is a variety of
   (A) Potato (B) Tomato (C) Brinjal (D) Rice
   Answer: (B) Tomato

7. Cotton leaf curl virus is transmitted by
   (A) Whitefly (B) Aphid (C) Leafhopper (D) Jassid
   Answer: (A) Whitefly

8. The region in India where boron deficiency mostly occurs
   (A) Coastal region (B) Central region (C) Southern region (D) NW region
   Answer: (D) NW region

9. The brown box dots on food packages indicate
   (A) Egg product (B) Pure vegetarian product (C) Meat and animal produce product (D) Organically produced product
   Answer: (D) Organically produced product

10. The first DG of ICAR was
    (A) Dr. R.S. Paroda (B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (C) Dr. B.P. Pal (D) Dr. Mangla Rai
    Answer: (C) Dr. B.P. Pal

11. Land resources in India as a percentage of the whole world is
    (A) 2% (B) 10% (C) 12% (D) 16%
    Answer: (A) 2%

12. The soil order Vertisol is related to
    (A) Red soil (B) Black soil (C) Alluvial soil (D) Laterite soil
    Answer: (B) Black soil

13. Which of the following transgenic crops has maximum cultivated area in the world?
    (A) Soybean (B) Rice (C) Cotton (D) Maize
    Answer: (A) Soybean

14. The estimated food grain production during 2004–05 as per the economic survey is
    (A) 174.8 mt (B) 206.4 mt (C) 210.5 mt (D) 212 mt
    Answer: (D) 212 mt

15. Which state has maximum area in fruit production?
    (A) Gujarat (B) U.P. (C) M.P. (D) Maharashtra
    Answer: (D) Maharashtra

16. The statistical test used to determine the goodness of fit is
    (A) Z-test (B) F-test (C) t-test (D) Chi-square test
    Answer: (D) Chi-square test

17. The Cartagena Protocol for agricultural products came in the year
    (A) 2004 (B) 2003 (C) 2005 (D) 1998
    Answer: (C) 2005

18. The citrus canker disease of lemon was introduced in India from
    (A) Mexico (B) USA (C) Japan (D) Argentina
    Answer: (B) USA

19. The organization related to export of agricultural processed products is
    (A) APARI (B) NABARD (C) CACP (D) APEDA
    Answer: (D) APEDA

20. Utera cultivation is practiced mainly in
    (A) Chhattisgarh (B) M.P. (C) Uttaranchal (D) Bihar
    Answer: (A) Chhattisgarh

21. In pulse crops, which fertilizer is advised for basal application?
    (A) SSP (B) Urea (C) DAP (D) CAN
    Answer: (A) SSP

22. Which one of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
    (A) N₂ (B) N₂O (C) CO₂ (D) O₃
    Answer: (A) N₂

23. The agricultural and allied commodity with maximum contribution to GDP is
    (A) Wheat (B) Rice (C) Milk (D) Sorghum
    Answer: (C) Milk

24. The contribution of agriculture in GDP is
    (A) 23% (B) 40% (C) 60% (D) 30%
    Answer: (A) 23%

25. The soil amendment mainly used for reclamation of sodic (alkali) soil is
    (A) Lime (B) Pressmud (C) Gypsum (D) Pyrites
    Answer: (C) Gypsum

26. The political personality who got Norman Borlaug Award
    (A) J.L. Nehru (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) C. Subramaniam (D) Sharad Pawar
    Answer: (C) C. Subramaniam

27. The major content of biogas, along with CO₂, is
    (A) CO (B) CH₄ (C) N₂ (D) C₂H₂
    Answer: (B) CH₄

28. IVLP stands for
    (A) Institute Village Linkage Project (B) Integrated Village Linkage Programme
    (C) Integrated Village Linkage Project (D) Institute Village Linkage Programme
    Answer: (D) Institute Village Linkage Programme

29. The most common method of hybridization for wheat is
    (A) Hot water dips (B) Gogo method (C) Open stigma (D) Floral dip
    Answer: (B) Gogo method

30. Hatch and Slack pathway is found in
    (A) Maize (B) Wheat (C) Rice (D) Soybean
    Answer: (A) Maize